TITLE: HORIZON Magazine
[ Rare and Beautiful HARD BACK magazine, richly illustrated! See FULL contents below!]
ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER, 1959; VOLUME II, NUMBER 2
CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 9oe" X 12". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

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COVER: "And for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part Of a hin of wine. of a sweet savour unto the Lord." In an action of final libation resembling that prescribed for the Hebrews in Numbers /5:7. N ebamun, superintendent of sculptors in Egypt, pours wine on the sacrificial pile of animals and meal. As if to insure his safe passage to the other world, the ritual is executed to perfection under the watchful eye of Nebamun's mother, the house-mistress. Thepu. This Egyptian wall painting of the Nineteenth Dynasty is from the Tomb of the Two Sculptors near Thebes. An article on current progress in the field of Biblical archaeology begins on page 4.

FRONTISPIECE: With feathered headdresses and scarves flying, horsemen of the Medici Court execute a graceful equestrian ballet, probably before the visiting Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, his wife Anna, and the German bishop Sigismund in 1652. This drawing was one of many sketched by the noted Florentine engraver and court artist. Stefano della Bella, who fashioned the rhythmic patterns especially for the Medici cavalry. This corps brought the Balletto a Cavallo to a high point of spectacle emulated throughout Europe. The water color is in the collection of Francis Stonor, London.

THE BIBLE AS DIVINING ROD by Nelson Glueck.
THE WRECK OF THE STATUS SYSTEM by Eric Larrabee
CAROL REED DIRECTS 'OUR MAN IN HAVANA" by Robert Emmett Ginna
THE "NEW AMERICAN PAINTING CAPTURES EUROPE by John Russell
THE LOST MINARET OF JHAM
ADRIANO OLIVETTI: A MAN AND A STYLE by Kermit Lansner
ALLEGRA KENT
THE PERSECUTION OF WITCHES by H. R. Trevor-Roper
A MEMORANDUM: FROM JONATHAN SWIFT TO CLIFF ROBINSON by William Harlan Hale
THE WRITER AS THE CONSCIENCE OF FRANCE by Richard Gilman (Albert Camus)
THE GRAND TOUR by J. H. Plumb
STREET FURNITURE by Ada Louise Huxtable
LOVE ACCORDING TO MADISON AVENUE by Morton M. Hunt
THE SILENT TRAVELLER DRAWS THE WEST. Paintings by Chiang Yee.


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